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November 2020 Visa Bulletin

EB-2 Rest of the World, excluding China Mainland/India:

Final Action Dates: Current

Dates for Filing: Current


EB-2 China Mainland

Final Action Dates: 04/22/2016 (moved forward 1 month and 21 days compared to October 2020)

Dates for Filing: 10/01/2016 (no movement compared to October 2020)


EB-2 India

Final Action Dates: 09/22/2009 (moved forward 21 days compared to October 2020)

Dates for Filing: 05/15/2011 (no movement compared to October 2020)


EB1 Rest of World, excluding China Mainland/India

Final Action Dates: Current

Dates for Filing: Current


EB-1 China Mainland

Final Action Dates: 12/01/2018 (moved forward 6 months compared to October 2020)

Dates for Filing: 09/01/2020 (no movement compared to October 2020)


EB-1 India

Final Action Dates: 12/01/2018 (moved forward 6 months compared to October 2020)

Dates for Filing: 09/01/2020 (no movement compared to October 2020)


1. For Employment-Based Preference Filings, USCIS has decided to use the Dates for Filing chart for the purpose of filing I-485 in November.


2. Your I-485 cannot be approved until your priority date (PD) is current under the Final Action Dates chart.


3. You are entitled to the PD of your first-approved I-140. If you were born in India or China Mainland and are now thinking about filing an EB1A case, you may consider filing an NIW petition as soon as possible to secure an earlier PD.

The citation requirement of EB1A is much higher than that was required before. Currently, it's a good idea to secure a PD by filing an NIW first. You will be able to port the NIW PD to your later-approved EB-1 case, if the visa bulletin of EB1 is faster than that of NIW.

Please feel free to contact us for a free evaluation for your EB1 and/NIW case.

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